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[quote=Anonymous]Not local, but I second the recommendations for Casey with At Peace Parenting and Kristy Forbes. There is controversy in the PDA community because Kristy Forbes is a PDA adult who designed a program and alleges that Casey has taken her material and used it to create her own business as a parent to a PDA child. They both have content that has been tremendously helpful for my family, but I’m putting the information out there with the caveat that some people are decidedly against using Casey’s stuff.

I also recommend the book Declarative Language Handbook by Murphy. As a parent to a PDA kid that started with an anxiety diagnosis and CBT, got diagnosed autistic as a teen, changed to a neurodiversity affirming provider, and now has had multiple consults with professionals who confirmed our suspicion (though without a diagnosis) that they are PDA, I can say that declarative language was the thing that got us started on the right path.

We immersed ourselves in PDA content online for a while, read the declarative language book, spoke with some local PDA affirming providers (Donna Henderson at Stixrud, Jaclyn Halpern at Playful Therapy Connections), and have gone totally low demand with our kid. It’s still very hard, but it has gotten a lot better for all of us.

Another local practice I haven’t used but heard good things about for neurodiversity including PDA is Seven Corners Psychotherapy.

Apologies if this was not exactly what you asked for and more info than you were looking for, OP. I hope some of it is useful. PDA is a really tough road.[/quote]

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